Women’s PFA awards winners announced

Lucy Bronze and Jess Carter won Women’s PFA Awards in association with Sodexo.

CEO Sports & Leisure, Sodexo UK & Ireland, Chris Bray presented Lucy Bronze with the PFA Players’ Player of the Year award at the 44th PFA Awards at Grosvenor House London on 24 April.

Brand & Communications director, Sodexo UK & Ireland, Melanie Duffett presented Jess Carter with the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

Sodexo has strong links with professional football in the UK and Ireland, and a clear focus on gender balance.

The Sodexo Sports & Leisure portfolio includes provision of retail, hospitality, sales and conference services at the stadiums of Everton FC in the Premier League, and newly-promoted Newcastle United FC and Brighton & Hove Albion FC.

Sodexo also has contracts with the National Stadium of Northern Ireland at Windsor Park in Belfast, the Scottish national stadium Hampden Park, and with Aberdeen, Dundee and Dundee United.

Sodexo is committed to gender balance in the UK and Ireland, and has been included in The Times Top 50 Employers for Women since 2014.

Chris Bray, CEO Sports & Leisure, Sodexo UK & Ireland, said: “We’re proud to sponsor the Women’s PFA Player’s Player of the Year and Women’s PFA Young Player of the Year which is a tremendous fit with our existing partnerships in professional football and our commitment to gender balance.

“Congratulations to Lucy Bronze and Jess Carter on their awards, and well done to all those shortlisted.”